Map for Mr. Pennant's Outline of the Globe. Vol. IV. 1800
[London, Printed by Luke Hansard ... and sold by John White, 1800].
An engraved map (printed surface 498 × 585 mm, sheet size approximately 560 × 690 mm), engraved by W. Palmer.
Folded as issued; old repaired tear near the stub (just encroaching on the printed surface); some moderate foxing; in very good condition, with ample margins.
A map of Australia (labelled 'New Holland'), noting but not showing the 'Supposed New discov'd Straits' between Tasmania and the mainland (Matthew Flinders and George Bass had discovered Bass Strait in 1798). Bound as issued in the fourth volume of Pennant's 'Outlines of the Globe', titled 'The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands' (quarto, contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards; edges uncut; covers worn; in very good condition overall, with pages 97-147 devoted to New Holland). See Ferguson 278; not in Tooley; Perry and Prescott, 1800.11.
Item #144429
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00